splitting a lobster

geormiet · #1 05-24-2006, 03:48 PM

None of my local stores will split a lobster for me, so i'll have to do it myself. This is for a lobster bisque.

Has anyone done this before? I once was going to do it, but then when I actually had the lobster in front of me I chickened out and boiled it instead. How do I do it?

edfurlong · #2 05-24-2006, 03:57 PM

Just put it on its back and push the point of the blade into the head and chop down with the heel of the knife. Some people put them in the freezer for a few minutes to keep them from moving around.

GambleGamble · #3 05-24-2006, 04:00 PM

Freezers good, Ive also heard to put them on there back in a brown paper bag and then in the freezer...they go nite nite....

....also good if you are gonna boil because if they are awake they will release adrenaline into there system and toughen up the meat...its best if there relaxed

geormiet · #4 05-24-2006, 04:02 PM

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Just put it on its back and push the point of the blade into the head and chop down with the heel of the knife. Some people put them in the freezer for a few minutes to keep them from moving around.

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So if it's on it's back, you're pushing the knife basically into its face?

Also, do you need a big sharp knife?

guids · #5 05-24-2006, 04:04 PM

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Just put it on its back and push the point of the blade into the head and chop down with the heel of the knife. Some people put them in the freezer for a few minutes to keep them from moving around.

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So if it's on it's back, you're pushing the knife basically into its face?

Also, do you need a big sharp knife?

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nah a small dull one should do. jk. Post pics though, and recipe, I have never done a lobster before and want to sometime.

Tennenbaum · #6 05-24-2006, 04:05 PM

Ugh. I dont understand how people can eat lobster. I hear it's delicious...one of the most tasty things on Earth. I just cant do it. Reading this just made me uncomfortable. I dont feel bad for them per se. It's just like taking a giant bug and sucking the meat out of it. Freaks me out. But I'm a nut.

P Chippa · #7 05-24-2006, 04:05 PM

I have the lobster on a cutting board in normal lobster crawling position. Insert knife tip into the base of the head and neck area and slice downward to cut the head in half lengthwise. Repeat from the other direction to cut the rest of the body in half.

I usually cook the lobster right in the vegetables and water that will be the base of the bisque. All juices go into the water.

Afterwards I disassmble the lobster over a bowl/platter to capture any juices there too.

guids · #8 05-24-2006, 04:06 PM

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Ugh. I dont understand how people can eat lobster. I hear it's delicious...one of the most tasty things on Earth. I just cant do it. Reading this just made me uncomfortable. I dont feel bad for them per se. It's just like taking a giant bug and sucking the meat out of it. Freaks me out. But I'm a nut.

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It is a giant bug basically, more of a cockroach than anything, but covered in butter anything tastes good.

P Chippa · #9 05-24-2006, 04:08 PM

My lobster tail thread from last week

geormiet · #10 05-24-2006, 04:08 PM

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Just put it on its back and push the point of the blade into the head and chop down with the heel of the knife. Some people put them in the freezer for a few minutes to keep them from moving around.

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So if it's on it's back, you're pushing the knife basically into its face?

Also, do you need a big sharp knife?

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nah a small dull one should do. jk. Post pics though, and recipe, I have never done a lobster before and want to sometime.

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Cooking a lobster normally is super easy. you just boil water, drop the lobster in for 12 minutes or so.

I'm going to make it into a soup, which involves cutting it in half first.